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{{Infobox Station LRT 2
{{Station Infobox
| Terminus=  
|Terminus=
| Code 1= '''<font color="#FFFFFF"><span style="background-color:#748477">&nbsp;BP5&nbsp;</span></font>'''
|Code={{Code/1|C1=FFF|L1=BPLRT|Code1=BP5}}
| Name= Phoenix<br>凤凰<br>ஃபீனிக்ஸ்
|Name=Phoenix<br>凤凰<br>ஃபீனிக்ஸ்
| Image=  
|Image=
| Image Description=  
|Image Description=
| Address= 40 Choa Chu Kang Road<br>Singapore 689483
|Info 1=
| Coordinates= 1°22′43″N, 103°45′29″E
{{Infobox |Header=Address |Content=40 Choa Chu Kang Road<br>Singapore 689483}}
| Lines= <font color="#748477">Bukit Panjang LRT</font>
{{Infobox |Header=Coordinates |Content=1°22′43″N 103°45′29″E}}
| Connections= Bus, Taxi
{{Infobox |Header=Line(s) |Content={{BPLRT}}}}
| Structure= Elevated
{{Infobox |Header=Connection |Content=Bus, Taxi}}
| Levels= 2
{{Infobox |Header=Structure Type |Content=Elevated}}
| Platforms= Side
{{Infobox |Header=Levels |Content=2}}
| Tracks= 2
{{Infobox |Header=Platforms |Content=Side}}
| Status= Opened
{{Infobox |Header=Tracks |Content=2}}
| Date= 6 November 1999
|Info 2=
| Code 2= BP5
{{Infobox |Header=Opened |Content=6 November 1999}}
| Colour 1= 748477
{{Infobox |Header=Operator |Content={{SMRT}}}}
  | Previous 1= [[Teck Whye LRT Station|Teck Whye]]<br><small>''towards [[Choa Chu Kang LRT Station|Choa Chu Kang]]''</small>
|Transit Type=Light Rail Transit
| Line 1= [[Bukit Panjang LRT|<font color="#748477">Bukit Panjang LRT</font>]]<br>(Service A)
|Transit=
  | Following 1= [[Bukit Panjang LRT Station|Bukit Panjang]]<br><small>''via [[Senja LRT Station|Senja]]''</small>
  {{Line |Previous={{Line T |Type=L |Next=Teck Whye |End=Choa Chu Kang}} |Following={{Line T |Type=L |Next=Bukit Panjang |End=Senja}} |Line=BPLRT |LineE=<br>(Service A)}}
| Colour 2= 748477
  {{Line |Previous={{Line T |Type=L |Next=Teck Whye |End=Choa Chu Kang}} |Following={{Line T |Type=L |Next=Bukit Panjang |End=Petir}} |Line=BPLRT |LineE=<br>(Service B)}}
| Previous 2= [[Teck Whye LRT Station|Teck Whye]]<br><small>''towards [[Choa Chu Kang LRT Station|Choa Chu Kang]]''</small>
|Maps=
| Line 2= [[Bukit Panjang LRT|<font color="#748477">Bukit Panjang LRT</font>]]<br>(Service B)
| Following 2= [[Bukit Panjang LRT Station|Bukit Panjang]]<br><small>''via [[Petir LRT Station|Petir]]''</small>
| Maps=  
}}
}}


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On the Bukit Panjang LRT, it is between [[Teck Whye LRT Station|Teck Whye]] and [[Bukit Panjang LRT Station|Bukit Panjang]] stations.
On the Bukit Panjang LRT, it is between [[Teck Whye LRT Station|Teck Whye]] and [[Bukit Panjang LRT Station|Bukit Panjang]] stations.
==History==
===Train disruptions===
An LRT train with 20 passengers crashed into an empty one at Phoenix station on 19 November 2000 after an operations officer failed to do a manual check of the lines before restarting the network system. The impact threw seated and standing passengers to the floor of the train, injuring five of them. The service was disrupted for seven hours but it was restored in stages and was fully functional again by 2.30 pm the same day. Then Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong visited the site soon after being told of the accident.<ref>[http://singaporeontheweb.net/homepage2003/singaporemrtaccidents.htm "MRT Accidents"]. Singapore On The Web (20 November 2000)</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name derives from Phoenix Heights, a name for a cluster of private low rise houses along one side of the station.
The name is derived from Phoenix Heights, a name for a cluster of private low rise houses along one side of the station.


==Layout==
==Layout==
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
{|table cellspacing=0 style="border-collapse:collapse;border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:left;"
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4 valign=top|'''L2<br>Platforms'''
|style="border:solid 2px black;border-top:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2|<center><small>Side platform, Doors will open on the left</small></center>
|-
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform 2
!rowspan=5 valign=top|L2
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''[[Bukit Panjang LRT|<font color="#748477">Bukit Panjang LRT</font>]]''': Service A towards [[Choa Chu Kang LRT Station|'''<font color="#FFFFFF"><span style="background-color:#748477">&nbsp;BP1&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color:#D71D04">&nbsp;NS4&nbsp;</span></font>''' Choa Chu Kang]] via [[Senja LRT Station|'''<font color="#FFFFFF"><span style="background-color:#748477">&nbsp;BP13&nbsp;</span></font>''' Senja]] (→)<br>'''[[Bukit Panjang LRT|<font color="#748477">Bukit Panjang LRT</font>]]''': Service B towards [[Choa Chu Kang LRT Station|'''<font color="#FFFFFF"><span style="background-color:#748477">&nbsp;BP1&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color:#D71D04">&nbsp;NS4&nbsp;</span></font>''' Choa Chu Kang]] via [[Petir LRT Station|'''<font color="#FFFFFF"><span style="background-color:#748477">&nbsp;BP7&nbsp;</span></font>''' Petir]] (→)
|- style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"
|style="border:solid 2px;text-align:center;border-top:none" colspan=2|<small>Side platform
|-
|-
|Platform 2
|{{BPLRT}}<br>
'''Service A:''' towards {{Terminus BPLRT 1}} <small>via {{BPLRT via BP13}}</small> (→)<br>
'''Service B:''' towards {{Terminus BPLRT 1}} <small>via {{BPLRT via BP7}}</small> (→)
|- style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"
|Platform 1
|Platform 1
|'''[[Bukit Panjang LRT|<font color="#748477">Bukit Panjang LRT</font>]]''' towards [[Choa Chu Kang LRT Station|'''<font color="#FFFFFF"><span style="background-color:#748477">&nbsp;BP1&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color:#D71D04">&nbsp;NS4&nbsp;</span></font>''' Choa Chu Kang]] (←)
|{{BPLRT}}<br>
|-
towards {{Terminus BPLRT 1}} (←)
|style="border:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2|<center><small>Side platform, Doors will open on the left</small></center>
|- style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"
|-
|style="border:solid 2px;text-align:center;border-bottom:none" colspan=2|<small>Side platform
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=2 valign=top|'''L1'''
|- style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" valign=top
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" valign=top|Concourse
!width=25 rowspan=2|L1
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" valign=top|Faregates, Ticketing Machines
|width=125 |Concourse
|-
|width=550 |Faregates, Ticketing Machines
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" valign=top|Street Level
|- style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" valign=top
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" valign=top|
|Street Level
|
|}
|}


==Rail Service==
==Rail Service==
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
{{Rail Head}}
|-
{{Rail Line |L=BPLRT |C=FFF |Name=Bukit Panjang LRT}}
! width=150 | Platform
{{Rail Service |#=2 |C1=FFF |L1=BPLRT |1=BP1 |C2=FFF |L2=NSL |2=NS4 |Name=Choa Chu Kang (Platform 1) |T1=05:07 |T2=05:07 |T3=05:26 |T4=00:49}}
! colspan="5" | First Train
{{Rail Service |#=2 |C1=FFF |L1=BPLRT |1=BP6 |C2=FFF |L2=DTL |2=DT1 |Name=Bukit Panjang (Platform 2) |T1=05:18 |T2=05:18 |T3=05:37 |T4=01:00}}
!
! Last Train
|-
|
| width=60 style="text-align:center" | <small>Mon - Fri</small>
|
| width=60 style="text-align:center" | <small>Sat</small>
|
| width=60 style="text-align:center" | <small>Sun & P.H.</small>
|
| width=60 style="text-align:center" | <small>Daily</small>
|-
! colspan="8" style="background-color:#748477;color:white; height:25px" | Bukit Panjang LRT
|-
| Platform 1
| style="text-align:center" | 5.07am
|
| style="text-align:center" | 5.07am
|
| style="text-align:center" | 5.26am
|
| style="text-align:center" | 12.49am
|-
| Platform 2
| style="text-align:center" | 5.18am
|
| style="text-align:center" | 5.18am
|
| style="text-align:center" | 5.37am
|
| style="text-align:center" | 1.00am
|}
|}
==Incidents==
===2000 accident===
An LRT train with 20 passengers crashed into an empty one at Phoenix Station on 19 November 2000 after an operations officer failed to do a manual check of the lines before restarting the network system. The impact threw seated and standing passengers to the floor of the train, injuring three of them. The service was disrupted for seven hours but it was restored in stages and was fully functional again by 2.30pm the same day. Then Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong visited the site soon after being told of the accident.<sup>[http://singaporeontheweb.net/homepage2003/singaporemrtaccidents.htm (1)]</sup>
===2005 Train disruption===
At 12.05 pm on 7 April 2005, all 11 trains in the LRT system were affected by a power outage. Three trains were disrupted in between stations. Following the restoration of power supply at 12.20 pm, normal train services resumed. Staff were sent to pacify passengers trapped in the three trains.
Later that day at 1.54 pm, a train that reached the station encountered a fault and was unable to release its brakes. A rescue train was used to push the train back to the depot and services resumed at 2.39 pm.
===2010 Train Disruption===
Train service at the Bukit Panjang LRT was disrupted at about 5.30pm on 23 April 2010 due to a power trip caused by lightning. As a result, two trains with a total of 100 passengers were stalled between Phoenix and Bukit Panjang LRT stations.
SMRT's engineers were able to restore power at 5.48pm on one of the trains, which proceeded to Phoenix Station for about 35 passengers to disembark. However, power could not be restored on the second train. Due to lightning risk and the heavy rain, a rescue train was sent to push out the train. Service was resumed at 6.30pm.
About 5,000 passengers were affected by the disruption. Preliminary investigation showed that the power rail between Phoenix and Bukit Panjang stations was hit by lightning, which caused the power trip and damage to the power equipment on the second train.
<sup>[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1052215/1/.html (2)]</sup>
===2010 accident===
The first ever staff fatality on the MRT or LRT systems occurred on 17 October 2010 at 8 am when Mr Chia Teck Heng, who was carrying out maintenance works on the tracks of a Light Rapid Transit station was hit by a train at this station while checking the power rail between Phoenix and Bukit Panjang stations. He went into a coma and was warded at the NUH but died 29 October 2010 at about 5.45 pm.<sup>[http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_596455.html (3)]</sup>


==References==
==References==
# "MRT Accidents". Singapore On The Web. 20 November 2000.
<references/>
# "Train service at Bukit Panjang LRT disrupted due to power trip". Channel NewsAsia. 2010-04-24.
# "Technician hit by LRT train". Straits Times. 2010-10-28.


==Related Links==
{{Singapore LRT stations}}
{{Singapore LRT stations}}
{{Bukit Panjang LRT}}
{{Bukit Panjang LRT}}

Revision as of 10:09, 17 February 2016

Template:Station Infobox

Phoenix LRT station (BP5) is an above-ground LRT station on the Bukit Panjang LRT in Singapore.

On the Bukit Panjang LRT, it is between Teck Whye and Bukit Panjang stations.

History

Train disruptions

An LRT train with 20 passengers crashed into an empty one at Phoenix station on 19 November 2000 after an operations officer failed to do a manual check of the lines before restarting the network system. The impact threw seated and standing passengers to the floor of the train, injuring five of them. The service was disrupted for seven hours but it was restored in stages and was fully functional again by 2.30 pm the same day. Then Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong visited the site soon after being told of the accident.[1]

Etymology

The name is derived from Phoenix Heights, a name for a cluster of private low rise houses along one side of the station.

Layout

L2
Side platform
Platform 2 Bukit Panjang LRT

Service A: towards Template:Terminus BPLRT 1 via Template:BPLRT via BP13 (→)
Service B: towards Template:Terminus BPLRT 1 via Template:BPLRT via BP7 (→)

Platform 1 Bukit Panjang LRT

towards Template:Terminus BPLRT 1 (←)

Side platform
L1 Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines
Street Level

Rail Service

Template:Rail Head Template:Rail Line Template:Rail Service Template:Rail Service |}

References

  1. "MRT Accidents". Singapore On The Web (20 November 2000)

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